He's 'Looking Down on You'

I’m always on the fence, not quite believing, yet also not quite disbelieving.

Yes I totally believe my parents are looking down on me.

My mum would have a fit if she was looking down at me, sometimes.

I have never had the sense that anyone is, but I'm a sceptical sort.

Our elderly neighbour, after being widowed, found her new found freedom after decades of being ruled by her overbearing husband.
Out went the brown furniture inherited from his mother, in came the Laura Ashley 'look' - ginghams, throws, duck egg blue furniture etc.

Don't worry, a friend reassured. I'm sure H, is up there looking down on you.

She looked aghast - oh, I do hope not, she replied.😉

RosiesMaw2

“To live in the hearts of those we leave behind, Is not to die”

Looking “down” or not, I still feel DH’s presence when I am with my AC and grandchildren.

Lovely Maw

It must be a comfort to anyone who believes it, so as far as I’m concerned, good luck to them.

RosiesMaw2

“To live in the hearts of those we leave behind, Is not to die”

Looking “down” or not, I still feel DH’s presence when I am with my AC and grandchildren.

Yes, we can feel their presence with us

I have made such ghastly mistakes during my long life that I sometimes imagine I have kind guardian angels who saved my life.

Looking down on me, no, walking beside me yes.
A carer I worked with told me that my grandfather was standing behind me, that he was often with me.
I have believed in an after life since I was a child.

Yes. I think it is possible to 'draw down' the things of heaven into this world. I see and feel it all the time. I feel a little sorry for those who can't or don't want to experience this.
For me it is my life's greatest constant, and a great comfort and reassurance.

Cabbie21

I firmly believe in an afterlife but I don’t think those who have died are looking down on us. Once you have died you are beyond the limits of time, which is a human concept.

I have a friend who is a priest, and I remember him telling me that the idea of being reunited with loved ones was a human idea, but that being in God’s presence was a far more wonderful thing, much more than seeing loved ones again, and saying we’d be reunited with loved ones was just a way of bringing comfort. He said that telling bereaved people that they would never see their loved one again, but they’d see God, which was a million times better, would be hurtful.
My friend’s mother had two much loved husbands who died, and she always said they’d all be happy together in the afterlife!

Not that I believe it for a moment, but if my parents were 'up there' somewhere, I'd expect them to have more interesting things to do than inspecting my every move!

Well, we can’t know can we? Either way.I dismiss robins hopping about and floating white feathers of course, that’s just the natural world.

I hope my DF isn't watching me at the moment, he would be very disappointed in me.

No, I don't believe anyone is 'looking down' at us.

I do believe it's possible to feel the presence of a loved one long after they are gone. MrA is looking over my shoulder having a nag even when he's on the other side of the world, and I suspect he always will be.

I don’t know how my DH would feel if he is watching me. i have had to get rid of so much of his stuff, things he loved, things he hoarded, things he wouldn’t get rid of ‘ just in case’.

As a non believer I sincerely hope my mother isn’t looking down on me; I did little right in her eyes when she was alive, I definitely don’t need ongoing disapproval and disappointment from her for the rest of mine!

crazyH

I saw a white feather on my drive - I didn’t pick it up or think much of it. But where did it come from? I haven’t seen many white birds about 😂

Quite a lot of birds have white under-feathers, whatever the colour of their top clothes is.

As much as I'd like to believe in some form of afterlife, I don't. I certainly don't think there's anyone 'looking down on me' like some kind of guardian angel or something. I think when you're dead, you're dead and that's it. If others want to believe and it gives them some kind of comfort, fine - I'm not knocking it. if there was any kind of afterlife, I'd like to be greeted by the dogs I've lost over the years. That would do me just fine.

I don't believe my relatives are looking down from heaven. I know that those I've loved and who loved me are forever in my mind and will stay there.

I don't think it needs the idea of being 'looked at' or white feathers or any other physical sign to be aware of the presence of loved ones. I think the title of the thread is a bit unfortunate.

Like Maw.
We also see those dead loved ones in our family through genetics.
Love a robin, but they’re just fun little birds, not a visitor from another realm.

keepingquiet

I don't think it needs the idea of being 'looked at' or white feathers or any other physical sign to be aware of the presence of loved ones. I think the title of the thread is a bit unfortunate.

I'm sorry if the title of the thread upset anyone, but I hear that exact phrase so often. Many times it is said with such sincerity that I genuinely wondered if people really believed it.

Rekaric: A white feather is supposed to be from a gull. Some believe that they are spirits of the dead, so if you have a white feather in your drive, could be a sign that a loved one is watching over you. Or it could be a passing gull dropped a feather!

I agree with those who don't believe that anyone who has died is 'looking down' but if it brings comfort to those who are bereaved, let them believe it.